Leopard

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

It was one of those days in Kabini, when the sightings were nothing rare. It was 6:10 PM and the park closes by 6:30. We were motoring along at a fair clip when this Leopard came into full view in one of the forest roads. There was a female in the bushes and his attention was frozen on her, hardly even glancing at us, though we were just about 20 meters away. If you notice the wounds on his back, he has apparently had a fight.

Light was extremely low and we could just manage a few shots at low shutter speeds (1/15). The tripods were packed and i had to use the jeep railing as a rest.

Canon 400D, Canon 70-300, F 5.6, 1/15, ISO 1600, hand held (rested on rails)

regards
Rajan

[Praveen Siddannavar]

At iso 1600 the image has come out quite, wish he had turned towards you or if possible you could have changed the angle
tfs

[Mohan Raj]

Very nice photo and information. I like the pose the clean wrinkle free spotted skin of this handsome leopard. I could not see any wound on its back.
:thumbup:

TFS.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see a leopard on the ground. Eye contact would have been great. Wish you had seen it in better light. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Great sighting. I liked the pose and the details on the skin are nice. A small backward glance would have made your day :). Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

Good sighting. Wish it had turned towards you. Thanks for sharing.